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this edition beautifully showcases the distinctive surrealist vision of one of the twentieth century's most gifted and influential writers

Before Wisdom - The Early Poems - Paul Verlaine Massimo Mattioli and DMT) and on theBefore Wisdom The Early Poems Paul Verlaine, translated by Keith Waldrop & K. A. Hays ISBN 9781954218123 120 page paperback published in 2023 by World Poetry Books *** "These remarkable versions of Verlaines early work offer a much welcome window into the range of his art: his erotic fixations, his chimeras, his alternating exaltation and despair, and, of course, his lyricism." Michael Palmer A selection from the legendary French poet Paul Verlaines